Are Melania Trump and Heidi Cruz Fair Game?
The Republican primaries have hit a new low, with an anti-Trump super PAC attacking Donald Trump's wife, and Trump responding in kind and threatening Ted Cruz's wife.
The ad is a brazen attempt to shame a woman for her choice of career. Trump has every right to stand up for his wife in the face of such sexism.
Ted Cruz responded firmly, also on Twitter, noting his campaign did not produce the ad: "Pic of your wife not from us. Donald, if you try to attack Heidi, you're more of a coward than I thought. #classless." Trump then descended further into the gutter, retweeting an image meant to suggest his wife is better looking than Cruz's wife.
The ugly exchange is unsettling. But we hope that we are not entering into a new phase of political warfare in which the personal lives of candidate spouses are considered fair game.